Palais des Beaux Arts Wien [electronic resource].

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Now that the editorial process is complete and I am ready to click the ‘Publish’ button, the editor (if we can still call ourselves by this authority laden term) finds himself confronted with the unavoidable task of formulating an appropriate “final word” which the journal format normally labels “Introduction” or “Letter From the Editors.” Since the rest of the material in this issue is either self-explanatory or unintelligible, I would like to take the opportunity provided by this journal to shift from a deliberately impersonal exposition to a very brief statement about personal meanings. As its founding Very Artistic Director (until 2018), the Palais des Beaux Arts Wien has taught me to have a deep sense of scepticism towards stories with introductions and conclusions that aim to open or close a body of knowledge with authoritative authority. Working as much with historical material in the library as in-conversation on the trottoir, it became evident that linearity requires too much omission from the complexity of city and self. What instead should be said here is that the contributions made to the Palais des Beaux Arts Wien since 2014, along with this publication, are part of a history that is not cohesively linear nor simply retroactively re-organised. Rather, each part adds a layer to this historic surface dedicated to the projection of past, present and future alike, which began to exist before our program launched and will continue long after we are done and gone…
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Bernhard Garnicnig
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Jamie Allen
Erik Born
Lia Carreira
Fabian Faltin
Franziska Huemer-Fistelberger
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Steve Lyons
Jason Jones
Rosemary Lee
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Eva-Maria Mandl
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